TV historian David Starkey today quit his University of Cambridge fellowship and was stripped of his visiting professor post at Canterbury Christ Church University after he claimed ‘slavery was not genocide’ because ‘so many damn blacks live in Africa and Britain’. Professor Starkey has also resigned from the Mary Rose Trust and could soon be stripped of his … Read more
TV historian David Starkey today quit his University of Cambridge fellowship and was stripped of his visiting professor post at Canterbury Christ Church University after he claimed ‘slavery was not genocide’ because ‘so many damn blacks live in Africa and Britain’. Professor Starkey has also resigned from the Mary Rose Trust and could soon be stripped of his … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll could have been halved if stay at home measures were introduced a week earlier, ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson has claimed. Boris Johnson introduced the lockdown on March 23 on the back of the Imperial College London scientist’s grim modelling, which predicted 500,000 people could die if the virus was left unchecked. … Read more
A professor at the University of California in Los Angeles has been suspended and placed under police protection after he rejected his non-black students’ appeals for him to be lenient with his black students. Gordon Klein, an accounting professor in the Anderson School of Business, where he has been teaching for 39 years, was suspended … Read more
Only 10 per cent of people who are infected with the coronavirus develop antibodies, a professor claims. Professor Karol Sikora, an advisor to the World Health Organisation, said the majority would have a negative result on an antibody test, even though they have had the coronavirus. Governments have pinned their hopes on antibody testing to … Read more
Coronavirus infections in care homes are continuing to spill into the community and will keep daily cases steady until September, ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson has warned. The Imperial College London scientist – whose grim modelling of the pandemic has been used to steer the Government through the crisis – said he was ‘shocked’ by how badly … Read more
Developing a vaccine is a complex procedure which relies on a number of lengthy steps. But researchers racing to develop one for COVID-19 – which threatens to keep entire nations in lockdown until it can be stopped – are breaking through this stages at an unprecedented pace, scientists say. One vaccine for rotavirus, a virus … Read more
A long-awaited report modelling the impact of easing lockdown is being pushed back ‘several weeks’ after Imperial College London scientists behind the paper complained their work had been ‘politicised’. The team’s modelling is considered the gold standard by the Government and its decisions throughout the epidemic have been heavily influenced by the London epidemiologists. But the … Read more
The leading Oxford University professor at the heart of the coronavirus vaccine trial has dismissed criticism of the treatment, stating it can prevent pneumonia. Earlier this week it emerged that all six of the monkeys that were used in the vaccine trial had gone on to catch the coronavirus. They were also found to have the … Read more
Pubs, restaurants and entertainment venues may be safe to reopen immediately without risking a spike in the coronavirus infection rate, according to a top scientist. Sunetra Gupta, a professor at the University of Oxford, claims there is a ‘strong possibility’ businesses would be able to welcome customers once more, and avoid the kind of catastrophic … Read more